-tax income (distribution, composition, demographic structure, etc.). We conduct this exercise for a battery of poverty and … ; poverty ; decomposition ; microsimulation …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

-units) on inequality and poverty statistics using Irish microdata. We find that benchmark equivalence scales result in … substantial variation in the degree of income poverty estimated at the household level, particularly for young children and the … children, Irish income poverty rates in 2019 ranged from 15.0 per cent to 19.5 per cent - most of this variation is …

. When this is done, the rate of “resource poverty” for older people is substantially reduced, in line with results which use … indicators of standard of living as well as cash incomes (“consistent poverty”). …

This paper provides updated estimates for the scale of fuel poverty in the Republic of Ireland using two measures: one … results as to the characteristics of households most vulnerable to fuel poverty, examines the potential effects of future fuel …

regime and socio-economic differences in poverty levels and patterns and variation in the consequences of poverty for … economic stress can assist us in making informed choices between alternative poverty indicators. Poverty in the EU is normally … critique takes as its starting point the fact that low income is an unreliable indicator of poverty. In this paper we seek to …

In this paper we seek to put Irish poverty rates in a comparative European context. We do so in a context whereby the … EU ‘at risk of poverty’ indicator. Our comparative analysis reports findings for both overall levels of poverty and … variation by household reference person characteristics for this indicator and a consistent poverty measure for Ireland, the UK …